Joy -a great first cookbook that lives on as a good reference.NYT - Clearly the most useful and cookable a survivor Beard -(this i bought used - copyright 1960) the book is a really sort of camp now. it's arranged alphabetically ( yep Appitizers, Bread, Deserts, Meats, Vegatables) but it is solid -great basics. After years of cooking ribs, smoked, dry rubbed, mopped, I pullled out Beard this past week and used his sparerib recipe.

okay, can't resist giving shout out to Keith Floyd.Two Hot Tamales - great show fantasic, under produced show compared to today's glam. Almost 90's version Julia - looking to recover from chicken escaping cutting board. Met one Tamale at their place in Santa Monica - gracious

I've used broccoli and cauliflower braised and into food processor. makes a great stuffing and though i used creame fraiche it can probably be w/o milk products. Some egg or roux based mix to bind and you could out of the milk product,